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>heat form peppers is really Southern Indian food, even though the rest of India gets plenty hot temperatures as well. Eh; it's hard to generalize that way - A

>heat form peppers is really Southern Indian food, even though the rest of India gets plenty hot temperatures as well. Eh; it's hard to generalize that way - Andhra food is VERY spicy, but Tamil cuisine, especially of the vegetarian variety, is quite tame. The heavy use of coconut ensures this.

bogomipz 10y ago
But even Tamil includes Chettinad cuisine which is quite spicy, I was more generalizing hot spicy is more common in the South vs the North of India. I think that's accurate. Out of the 5 states southern states of India, 3 of them Telangana, Kerala and Andrha seem to have plenty of hot chili spice dishes.
- vram22 10y ago
  Some Maharashtrian (e.g. Kolhapuri cuisine) and Punjabi (can't think of any right now) dishes are plenty spicy. Heard the same about a few Rajasthani dishes too. (I've had plenty of the first two types, not had the third yet.) This is probably true of some other Indian states as well, maybe including the North-East ones (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, etc.). (Edit: Add Goa to the above list of states with spicy food - some Goan dishes are hugely spicy :) After all, that "heat" may be helpful in cold weather as well, to stimulate the body, to clear the sinuses and so on. And the northern Indian states are colder than the South. And speaking of cold weather, any of you who are in such an area and don't mind spicy stuff, check out lasun chutney (garli chutney). Easy to make at home, hot and tasty stuff (use small amounts with your food), and will add some zing to many meals. A Maharastrian item. The two main ingredients are red chilli powder and garlic (a few other spices may be added by some people). Ground and roasted (maybe) and then fried into a thick paste.
  - cholantesh 10y ago
    Rajasthani cuisine would surely be a match for Andhra an Goan analogues!
    - vram22 10y ago
      Yes, I've heard a few of their dishes use a hell of a lot of red chillies :)
  - vram22 10y ago
    >garli chutney Typo, should be garlic chutney.
- cholantesh 10y ago
  Fair point on Chettinad cuisine. There's a reason their variation of chilli powder is called gunpowder. :P

bogomipz 10y ago

But even Tamil includes Chettinad cuisine which is quite spicy, I was more generalizing hot spicy is more common in the South vs the North of India. I think that's accurate. Out of the 5 states southern states of India, 3 of them Telangana, Kerala and Andrha seem to have plenty of hot chili spice dishes.

vram22 10y ago
Some Maharashtrian (e.g. Kolhapuri cuisine) and Punjabi (can't think of any right now) dishes are plenty spicy. Heard the same about a few Rajasthani dishes too. (I've had plenty of the first two types, not had the third yet.) This is probably true of some other Indian states as well, maybe including the North-East ones (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, etc.). (Edit: Add Goa to the above list of states with spicy food - some Goan dishes are hugely spicy :) After all, that "heat" may be helpful in cold weather as well, to stimulate the body, to clear the sinuses and so on. And the northern Indian states are colder than the South. And speaking of cold weather, any of you who are in such an area and don't mind spicy stuff, check out lasun chutney (garli chutney). Easy to make at home, hot and tasty stuff (use small amounts with your food), and will add some zing to many meals. A Maharastrian item. The two main ingredients are red chilli powder and garlic (a few other spices may be added by some people). Ground and roasted (maybe) and then fried into a thick paste.
- cholantesh 10y ago
  Rajasthani cuisine would surely be a match for Andhra an Goan analogues!
  - vram22 10y ago
    Yes, I've heard a few of their dishes use a hell of a lot of red chillies :)
- vram22 10y ago
  >garli chutney Typo, should be garlic chutney.
cholantesh 10y ago
Fair point on Chettinad cuisine. There's a reason their variation of chilli powder is called gunpowder. :P